West Ham get Olympic Stadium

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Never Outgunned wrote:And what now of poor little Orient?

Harlow Orient? Romford Orient? Basildon Orient?
I don't really get the big deal with all this. Are all Leyton Orient fans now going to start supporting West Ham instead then? Even if that were the case, the two probably wouldn't both play at home on the same day, so fans won't even have to choose between the two.

Also, in the 1800s, I could understand that local clubs would be worried about other clubs moving in nearby as it may dilute their fanbase. But, hello - it's 2011, and there's these things we call cars, trains and buses which move people around the country. It's not as if people living in East London were physically incapable of going to any club other than Orient before now if they'd so desired.

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Its gonna cost the **** a fortune to upgrade SHL much more than the Olympic stadium so this is very good news :barscarf:

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Does this mean that sp*rs are really fucked? :barscarf: :barscarf: :barscarf:

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Bring Back Pires wrote:
Never Outgunned wrote:And what now of poor little Orient?

Harlow Orient? Romford Orient? Basildon Orient?
I don't really get the big deal with all this. Are all Leyton Orient fans now going to start supporting West Ham instead then? Even if that were the case, the two probably wouldn't both play at home on the same day, so fans won't even have to choose between the two.

Also, in the 1800s, I could understand that local clubs would be worried about other clubs moving in nearby as it may dilute their fanbase. But, hello - it's 2011, and there's these things we call cars, trains and buses which move people around the country. It's not as if people living in East London were physically incapable of going to any club other than Orient before now if they'd so desired.
Because tis difficult enough at the moment withot this.

Because part of the plan is to offer cheap tickets, family tickets and special school deals, which will probably be closer to affecting orient than what west ham offer now.
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olgitgooner wrote:Does this mean that sp*rs are really fucked? :barscarf: :barscarf: :barscarf:
They havent lost the bid yet but i would imagine the government is more then likely to go with the reccomended bid. If so, yes they're fucked 8)

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I'm not sure if this is good or bad news. :?

I ask, how are they gonna fill it week in week out?

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LDB wrote:
olgitgooner wrote:Does this mean that sp*rs are really fucked? :barscarf: :barscarf: :barscarf:
They havent lost the bid yet but i would imagine the government is more then likely to go with the reccomended bid. If so, yes they're fucked 8)
Not unless Septic Bladder has a say 8)

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1989 wrote:I'm not sure if this is good or bad news. :?

I ask, how are they gonna fill it week in week out?
1989 wrote:I'm not sure if this is good or bad news. :?
Read back in the thread, It saves the scum money(about 250M) if they move to the OS.
1989 wrote: I ask, how are they gonna fill it week in week out?
So why is this your problem :?

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Good, if the vermin want a new stadium let them build one with their own money....see how they cope with a debt of a ground and 'Arry not being able to chuck together whoever is available to buy at the time

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It'll be fun watching them squirm.....

The Olympic Legacy lot were surely always likely to favour West Ham. They were hardly going to support a legacy that involved ripping the whole thing up and starting again.

Think Boris will be looking at this from a very different angle, and isn't it him that has the final decision? This could still run and run :lol: !

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MegaGooner wrote:
1989 wrote:I'm not sure if this is good or bad news. :?

I ask, how are they gonna fill it week in week out?
1989 wrote:I'm not sure if this is good or bad news. :?
Read back in the thread, It saves the scum money(about 250M) if they move to the OS.
1989 wrote: I ask, how are they gonna fill it week in week out?
So why is this your problem :?
I wanted the scum to fuck off to Stratford cuz it would be too fucking funny, imagine their fans. :lol:

On the other hand, I knew it would be better for them, financially speaking, to move to the OS. So was a bit in two minds about it.

Hence the "not sure if this is good news or bad news" comment.


As for Wet Spam, I'm just wondering how they're gonna fill such a massive stadium while playing in the championship.

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Post by Gooner_Sam »

'@SkyNewsOlympic Just rang the Olympic Park Legacy Company and they say no vote has been made yet on West Ham vs Spurs.'


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Surely ye know by now that Spuds have loadsofmoney the way Arry is throwing it around.

If they move it will be the end of the NLD :(

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It's a win-win for us. If they had to go Stratford it would be too fucking funny, there's decades worth of banter & abuse in that alone. As one Hammer had commented on some site the other day, they're so desperate to catch The Arsenal that they'd "sell out their history in the blink of an eye" :lol:

And if they don't move, this happens...
This Is The Daybreak wrote:Good, if the vermin want a new stadium let them build one with their own money....see how they cope with a debt of a ground and 'Arry not being able to chuck together whoever is available to buy at the time
:barscarf: :barscarf: :barscarf: FOYS.

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corkbarry wrote:Surely ye know by now that Spuds have loadsofmoney the way Arry is throwing it around.

If they move it will be the end of the NLD :(
If they don't move, they won't recover from their "project".
If they moved, we'll still hate the crunts, but Wetspam will give them grief too. Will still be a derby to me FOYS :barscarf:

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